Lithuanian names to add[name_f][/name_f] (I’ve bolded some of the names I’ve known/ heard about in person as a [name_f]Brit[/name_f] with Lithuanian heritage. These are more likely to be popular names.)
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- Aidas (Means “echo” in Lithuanian.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Algimantas (From Lithuanian alga[name_f][/name_f] “salary, pay” combined with mantus[name_f][/name_f] “intelligent” or manta[name_f][/name_f] “property, wealth”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Almantas ( From the Lithuanian root al-[name_f][/name_f] “all, every” combined with mantus[name_f][/name_f] “intelligent” or manta[name_f][/name_f] “property, wealth”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Alvydas (Means “all-seeing”, from the Lithuanian roots al-[name_f][/name_f] “all, every” and vyd-[name_f][/name_f] “to see”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Arūnas (Derived from poetic Lithuanian aras[name_f][/name_f] meaning “eagle” combined with the patronymic suffix ūnas.) [name_f][/name_f]
- [name_m]Arvydas[/name_m] ( Derived from Lithuanian ar[name_f][/name_f] “also” and the root vyd-[name_f][/name_f] “to see”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Aušra[name_f][/name_f] (Means “dawn” in Lithuanian.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Birutė[name_f][/name_f] (Possibly from Lithuanian birti[name_f][/name_f] meaning “to scatter, to pour out” combined with a diminutive suffix. This name was borne by the mother of the 15th-century [name_m]Grand[/name_m] [name_m]Duke[/name_m] [name_m]Vytautas[/name_m] of Lithuania.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Daina/ Dainius (Means “song” in Lithuanian and Latvian/ Means “poet, singer” in Lithuanian, a derivative of daina[name_f][/name_f] “song”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- [name_f]Daiva[/name_f] (Created by the Lithuanian writer Vydūnas, who possibly derived it from a Sanskrit word meaning “destiny”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Danguolė (From Lithuanian dangus[name_f][/name_f] meaning “sky, heaven” and a diminutive suffix.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Daumantas (From Lithuanian daug[name_f][/name_f] “much” combined with mantus[name_f][/name_f] “intelligent” or manta[name_f][/name_f] “property, wealth”. This name was borne by a 13th-century Lithuanian ruler of Pskov who is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Domantas/ Domantė ( From the Lithuanian root do-[name_f][/name_f] “to give” combined with mantus[name_f][/name_f] “intelligent” or manta[name_f][/name_f] “property, wealth”. It is sometimes conflated with Daumantas. [name_f][/name_f]
- Dovilas (From the Lithuanian root do-[name_f][/name_f] “to give” combined with viltis[name_f][/name_f] “hope”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Eimantas/ Eimantė (From the Lithuanian root ei-[name_f][/name_f] “to go” combined with mantus[name_f][/name_f] “intelligent” or manta[name_f][/name_f] “property, wealth”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Giedrius/ Giedrė[name_f][/name_f] (Derived from Lithuanian giedras[name_f][/name_f] meaning “clear, serene”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Gintara/ Gintaras[name_f][/name_f] (Means “amber” in Lithuanian.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Gintautas[name_f][/name_f] (From the Lithuanian root gin-[name_f][/name_f] “to defend” and tauta[name_f][/name_f] “people, nation”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- [name_f]Goda[/name_f] ( From Lithuanian godà[name_f][/name_f] meaning “thought, dream” or “honour, respect”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Jadvyga[name_f][/name_f] (Lithuanian form of Hedwig) [name_f][/name_f]
- Jūratė[name_f][/name_f] (From Lithuanian jūra meaning “sea”. This is the name of a sea goddess who falls in love with a fisherman in the Lithuanian folktale *Jūratė and Kastytis.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Kęstutis[name_f][/name_f] (From Lithuanian kęsti[name_f][/name_f] meaning “to cope, to endure” combined with a diminutive suffix. This was the name of a 14th-century ruler of Lithuania.) [name_f][/name_f]
- [name_m]Mantas[/name_m][name_f][/name_f] (From Lithuanian mantus[name_f][/name_f] meaning “intelligent, clever” or manta[name_f][/name_f] meaning “property, wealth”. [name_m]Herkus[/name_m] [name_m]Mantas[/name_m] was a 13th-century Prussian hero who fought against the Teutonic Knights.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Mantvydas (From Lithuanian mantus[name_f][/name_f] “intelligent” or manta[name_f][/name_f] “property, wealth” combined with the root vyd-[name_f][/name_f] “to see”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Mindaugas[name_f][/name_f] (Possibly from Lithuanian mintis[name_f][/name_f] “thought” or minti[name_f][/name_f] “to remember” combined with daug[name_f][/name_f] “much”. This was the name of a 13th-century ruler of Lithuania.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Nijolė (Meaning unknown. This was possibly the name of a Lithuanian goddess of the underworld (according to the Polish-Lithuanian historian [name_m]Teodor[/name_m] Narbutt). [name_f][/name_f]
- Ramunė[name_f][/name_f] (Means “chamomile (plant)” in Lithuanian.)/ Ramūnas (Derived from Lithuanian ramus[name_f][/name_f] meaning “calm, peaceful” combined with the patronymic suffix ūnas.) [name_f][/name_f]
- [name_f]Rasa[/name_f][name_f][/name_f] (Means “dew” in Lithuanian and Latvian. [name_f]Rasa[/name_f] also seems to be an Arabic name.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Rimantas/ [name_f]Rimantė[/name_f] ( From Lithuanian rimti[name_f][/name_f] “to calm down” combined with mantus[name_f][/name_f] “intelligent” or manta[name_f][/name_f] “property, wealth”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Rugilė[name_f][/name_f] ( From Lithuanian rugys[name_f][/name_f] meaning “rye”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Rytis/ Rytas[name_f][/name_f] (Derived from Lithuanian rytas[name_f][/name_f] meaning “morning”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Šarūnas[name_f][/name_f] (Derived from the old Lithuanian word šarus[name_f][/name_f] meaning “quick, nimble”. This is the name of the main character in the short story Šarūnas, [name_m]Duke[/name_m] of Dainava[name_f][/name_f] (1911) by the Lithuanian author Vincas Krėvė-Mickevičius.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Sigitas (Possibly originally a diminutive of names beginning with the Old [name_m]German[/name_m] element meaning “victory”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Stasys[name_f][/name_f] (short form/ nn of Stanislovas) [name_f][/name_f]
- Svajonė[name_f][/name_f] (Means “dream, wish” in Lithuanian.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Tautvydas (From Lithuanian tauta[name_f][/name_f] “people, nation” and the root vyd-[name_f][/name_f] “to see”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Vaiva (From Lithuanian vaivorykštė[name_f][/name_f] meaning “rainbow”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Vidmantas (From the Lithuanian root vyd-[name_f][/name_f] “to see” combined with mantus[name_f][/name_f] “intelligent” or manta[name_f][/name_f] “property, wealth”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Vilmantas/ Viltautė (From Lithuanian viltis[name_f][/name_f] “hope” combined with mantus[name_f][/name_f] “intelligent” or manta[name_f][/name_f] “property, wealth”.) [name_f][/name_f]
- Žydrė/ Žydrūnas (From Lithuanian žydra[name_f][/name_f] meaning “light blue” (using the patronymic suffix ūnas) [name_f][/name_f]
[name_m]Other[/name_m] missed names
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- Simbiatu & nn Simbi (UK artist, [name_m]Little[/name_m] Simz) [name_f][/name_f]
- Eva-lotta (Eva-lotta Kiibus, Estonian Figure Skater) [name_f][/name_f]
- Vyka (Baltic/ Slavic nn for Viktorija) [name_f][/name_f]
- Heppy (nn for Hephzibah) [name_f][/name_f]
- Gwenifred [name_f][/name_f]
- Dew (nature name) [name_f][/name_f]
- Wenlock (I’m thinking [name_f]Barbie[/name_f] [name_m]Pegasus[/name_m]!
) [name_f][/name_f] - Pawencya (Polish name) ‘w’ is pronounced ‘v’ [name_f][/name_f]
- Proceryna [name_f][/name_f]
- Cypryna & others (see link: Let’s go baroque! - names from old Polish poem) [name_f][/name_f]
- Ellerose [name_f][/name_f]
- Marioletta [name_f][/name_f]
- Corduroy [name_f][/name_f]
- Pantalaimon [name_f][/name_f]
- Cruella? [name_f][/name_f]
- [name_m]Machiavelli[/name_m]? [name_f][/name_f]
[name_m]Can[/name_m] the description for ‘Lora’ be kinder? It’s currently: “Somewhat flat-footed form; go for the original.” Maybe tie it to “Lore”?
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